Shoe-lace fastener



(NoModeL) s J ADAMS SHOE LACE FASTENER- No. 575,682.. Patented Jan. 2-6,18 97.

mmvron Y WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. ADAMS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SHOE-LACE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,682, dated January26, 1897.

Application filed September 3,1895. Serial No. 561,236. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUELJ. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Lace Fasteners; and I declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to shoe-lace fastenings; and its object is toprovide convenient means for fastening the loose ends of shoelaces toprevent them from untying and unlacing.

My invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective View of a ladys shoe,-showing the manner of perforatingthe top and lacing the loose ends of the strings. Fig. 2 is a viewshowing my invention applied to corset-lacings.

In the drawings, A represents the top of a shoe, and A the body of acorset.

a a are eyelets in the top of the shoe, the line of the eyelets runningat right angles to the main lacing. The only change made in the shoe isto add these eyelets, the lacingstrings used in connection with thembeing such as are commonly used. If necessary,

longer laces can be used, with more eyelets than shown, although thelacing shown I find sufficient.

In utilizing the eyelets to fasten the laces I prefer to use the mannerof tying shown, which consists of an ordinary double-bow knot, fromwhich the loose ends are taken and passed inside of the shoe-top to thefirst eyelet, then out through it and the knot, then again back to theinside through the second eyelet. This brings the end of the lace insideof the shoe and holds the bow extended along and close to the outside ofthe top.

In fastening the corset-laces I use substantially the form described forfastening shoelaces.

What I claim is- A shoe provided with a front opening, a double lace forthe flaps of said opening, two or more eyelets in a line along the topof each of the flaps so arranged that when the ends of said lace aretied with a double-bow knot the free ends of the lace may be passedinside of the flaps, then out through the loops, then back to the insideto secure the loops in position, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL J. ADAMS. \Vitnesses:

C. H. FISK, SAMUEL E. THOMAS.

